The Gates Are Closing
When knowledge is guarded, freedom fades.
This week, the Trump administration took the unprecedented step of revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. The move, justified as a defense of “American priorities,” lands as a blunt force attack on global education, academic freedom, and the very idea of the United States as a beacon of learning.
Our latest poster captures the moment not as a policy change, but a cultural alarm. Iron gates slam shut. Chains marked Politics and Fear bind the doors of higher learning. Outside, students; diverse, determined, dignified, are left stranded, their future scattering like paper in the wind.
“America’s strength was never in walls—but in open minds.”
The battle over who gets to learn isn’t new. But when political power aims at institutions of knowledge, the goal isn’t education, it’s control. And when a nation begins to fear ideas from beyond its borders, it is not preserving greatness. It is shrinking.
This isn’t just about Harvard. It’s about who we choose to welcome, who we choose to fear, and whether we believe that wisdom should be fenced off or freely pursued.
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